NC30 + bad back = bollocks

Yo.

Got the NC30 out the other day. Didn't ride much in the winter, and have
some weird shit going on with my lower back, numbness going down into my legs.
Came back from the ride and it wasn't too bad, but over regular riding periods
I feel that this bike won't help matters even though I think my posture on it
is pretty good, the riding position is somewhat focused.

Anyway, I might look for something with a more upright riding position i.e. a
non-sprots bike. I thought about an SV650, and then ran out of ideas. I
don't want something completely massive or tall, which is a shame as some of
the supermotos look fun (I'm about 5'9). Bandits are a bit dull and Fazers a
bit ugly. A 600 will do but obviously bigger engines will be considered.
*grin*

A fairing would be nice, I'd still like to be able to enjoy twisties etc, and
cheaper the better - I don't imagine I'll get much for the Honda and cash is
tight.

Suggest away (e.g. be less gay and ride through the pain, or be more gay and
do pilates).

 

Welcome to my world. I'm not long back from the quack's this morning
clutching a prescription for Co-Dydramol. Woo-hoo!

I changed from a ZX-9R to a Sprint ST 1050, and a lot of that had to do
with the riding position and my back problems.

I did pilates once. Never again.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, CT

Yeah, TOG's not stopped going on about them either.

 

I used to scorn painkillers, being of the opinion that it was all
snakeoil/placebo effect. This opinion was reinforced when I was
prescribed 1800mg/day of ibuprofen for my tennis elbow, and it made
absolutely no difference.

Then I was prescribed 150mg/day of Dicoflenac Sodium - **** me, what a
revalation! Drugs that actually work.

 

Well, he's got an excuse. Charterhouse arse, innit?

 

Drug response varies considerably from person to person. Paracetamol
does very little for me unless accompanied by codeine whereas ibuprofen
works really quite well - with or without codeine.

Naproxen also works well whereas diclofenac doesn't. It's a funny old
world.

Phil

 

I'm sure you know that ibuprofen isn't a painkiller...

 

Oh? How do you define painkiller?

 

I'm sure you know you are wrong. Hint: It's a NSAID. Which are
analgesics (ie painkillers), antipyretics (lower body temperature) and
anti-inflammatory.

Phil

 

Ok. It's certainly promoted as an anti-inflamatory. I've been told by
medics that that's what it's for.

Ok, I know **** all.

 

well, yes - LTSTP-RU, and all that.

In which case, they're not strictly

sure, I'm aware that the primary designation of said drug is as a
NSAID - but as the main effect for me is to (almost completely)
irradicate the pain my elbow, I think of it as a "painkiller".

I have no perceived side-effectts from the diclofenac, but if I slack
off on taking them, I go back to the situation I had last year were my
elbow was so painful I could hardly carry a bag of shopping with my
right arm (the left is fine - I guess it's some sort of punishment for
being a wanker for years and years)

 

They should make motorcycles and telegraph poles available on prescription.

 

Asprin wouldn't counteract it, in fact it also has the potential to
cause ulcers. I suspect they might have used it to reduce the risk of
clots given you'd had surgery.

You'd normally get a a ppi (somethingorother-prazole) or h2 Receptor
blocker (ranitidine) to counteract stomach damage - just the same as
they use to treat a stomach ulcer.

 

Omeprazole (waves packet).

Phil

 

Pontius, mate, simply pontius.

 

Yeah that's one of the flavours, I've had Lansoprazole.

 

Makes the Fazer look like Natalie Imbruglia, but thanks.

 

Is everyone round here an armchair expert on prescription drugs but me,
or are there other people here who haven't got a (non-recreational)
pharmaceutical history as long as your arm?

 

Heh. I know this stuff simply from getting myself a stomach ulcer,
which likely stemmed from missing meals, eating shitty food late at
night, and popping ibuprofen on an otherwise empty stomach for a
fucked up knee.